Criminal Minds

Previously, on Criminal Minds...

-Where are we headed? -New York.

What do we know? All the killings are mid-day.

Single gunshot to the head, with a .22.

Surveillance cameras have captured video of 3 of the murders.

They're all the same.

He wears a hood and keeps his head down.

Kate Joyner heads up the New York field office.

She's running point on the case,

along with detectives Brustin and Cooper.

From the placement of that camera, odds are

the only view they're gonna get is the back of his head.

Let's not be too quick

to decide what we do or don't have.

You mind telling me why I'm catching attitude from her?

FBI brass has made it clear to her

that if she doesn't bring this case home, she's gonna be reassigned.

And you are at the top of the list to replace her.

Profile me.

You don't wear a ring.

And you were quick to flirt with me.

So you're happy to let people think you are a player.

But you love your wife, and you would never actually cheat on her.

Get out of the way!

Garcia! We've got an officer down, 16th West of Union Square.

We think we might have a serious problem.

We have multiple unsubs. They're disciplined,

they're using countersurveillance,

they know the FBI movements, there's a hierarchy.

What does that usually equal?

Terrorism.

They're ramping up to something,

and they want us to know that they're watching us.

Creating panic ensures that they'll see

the most urgent response time, short of a bombing.

We need to hit the ground running.

Hey, you OK?

Sir, are you o...

- What's your name? - What?

What's your name?

Sam.

Call 911.

Yeah, yeah, I did.

Call 911, tell them there's been an explosion.

Sir, are you OK?

You a cop?

Listen, Kate.

Don't worry. We'll get 'em.

I know.

Call 911. Tell them...

that a federal agent...

OK, so you want me to stay here...

Kate!

Kate!

911, this is the guy that called about the explosion.

Kate!

Kate!

Kate?

Kate?

My purse! I can't find my purse.

Shh, shh, shh. Don't move.

Aaron, my purse.

Shh. I don't think you had one. Shh.

I must have dropped it.

Shh, shh, shh. Kate, Kate, Kate,

Stop trying to move.

Aaron.

Aaron?

What happened to you?

What happened?

I don't know. I don't know, a bomb.

An IED. I think it was an IED.

IED?

I have to get up.

No, no, no, no. Lie down. Lie still.

You need to lie still.

Am I moving my legs?

Shh. What?

Am I moving my legs?

I may have to turn you and see where the blood is coming from.

OK. Do it.

It might hurt.

Sorry.

Uh... here,

I'm gonna have to see...

Ah, OK.

Are you OK?

Yeah. You just need to, um...

I'm gonna have to see if I can...

just pinch it off until they get here.

Sorry, I know it hurts.

No... it doesn't hurt.

It doesn't hurt at all.

Kate, Kate, we're gonna get you out of here, OK?

We're gonna get you out of here.

They're coming, they're coming.

Officer down!

Officer down!

- Aaron. - Here!

They're not coming.

We told them not to, remember?

Now, how does this work?

The murders simulate a bombing.

They station someone to watch and gauge police response time.

At which point, they know when to bring in a second bomb.

The goal is always to take out

the first round of civilians,

followed by a second wave of emergency responders.

Shh...

The first wave of responders are targets.

Never think that war,

no matter how necessary, nor how justified

is not a crime.

Ernest Hemingway.

You can't let go, can you, Hotch?

Aaron...

You don't have to stay.

I'm not leaving.

Officer down!

We need some help! We cannot move!

They're not coming.

Yes, your orders are not to let anyone in

until the area is cleared.

Oh, man.

But that's...

That's proper procedure.

We're getting reports that an explosion

has rocked the neighborhood in the vicinity of the Federal Plaza.

Authorities have closed down the entire area

and are not going to give any information at this time.

And with 8 suspicious incidences in as little as 3 weeks,

we have no room but to speculate

whether or not there will be more attacks.

We have no word yet on any injuries,

but with the explosion heard as far away as Prince Street,

an unconfirmed report said it was a car bomb,

NYPD's emergency services, as well as federal...

David, I heard on the radio. I tried the others, but...

The cell phone system is crashing.

- A car bomb. - Did they say where?

No. Can you recall every site where the shootings occurred?

Uh, Hell's Kitchen, Murray Hill, Lower East Side, Chinatown.

All right, if our profile is correct, and all 8 murders

were tests to gauge response times,

we're looking at 8 suicide bombers

who are about to hit every one of those locations.

Call Homeland Security.

Tell them to pour troops into all of those sites.

Actually, if we're correct, there'll be 16 suicide bombers.

16?

Yeah, we predicted that they'll hit the second wave

of emergency responders also.

Breaking news now. We are just getting an update.

The bomb is now reported to have been inside an SUV.

A black SUV parked just blocks from 26 Federal Plaza.

Now, it is un...

Agent Rossi? We heard there was some kind of explosion.

- Where are you? - We got this.

I just walked into the CCTV command post.

Can you see anything?

I literally just walked through the door, sir.

We got on the news it was an SUV that exploded.

A black SUV within blocks of the Federal Plaza.

Oh, God.

Now, do you have eyes there?

I, uh... yeah, yeah,

I've got like 300 cameras right there. Give me a sec.

I'm here with Reid, but I don't know where anyone else is.

- And, Garcia... - Yes, sir.

Find them.

OK.

Lisa, I need every feed of every camera

for 20 blocks concentrically out from the Federal Plaza.

Get this explosion from every angle you can

- and then back those feeds up. - You got it.

I'm gonna call the rest of my team.

Yeah. I'm still here.

Yes, you are. Thank God.

I'm almost back at the federal building.

What the hell's going on?

All right, we're going over

the closed circuit footage right now.

Who else have you checked on?

You're the first. Rossi and Reid called me.

All right, well, keep me on the line while you check on everyone else.

Is everyone OK?

I've spoken to Rossi and Reid and Morgan's on the line.

Emily, where are you?

I'm following Detective Brustin to one of the NYPD's

Critical Incident command posts.

- One of them? - Yeah, after 911 they decentralized.

They had way too many eggs in one basket on that day.

Has anyone talked to JJ?

She was headed back to the hotel.

In an SUV?

I think so.

Stay with me a minute. I'll dial her mobile.

This is Agent Jareau, Communications Director for the FBI's Behavioral...

What was that? What happened?

It went dead mid-message.